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Image copyright Camelot National Lottery owner Camelot has warned of a “low level” cyber-attack that affected 150 customer accounts. It has asked all of its customers to change the passwords on their accounts as a precaution. The hackers used credentials gleaned from a list circulated on the internet to get into the accounts, a CamelotRead More

Image caption Employees on the Wiston estate are among those facing a pensions dilemma Since auto-enrolment pensions began in 2013, the average employee has only been paying in a few pounds every week. But from 5 April, contributions will rise dramatically. Workers will need to decide whether to contribute hundreds of pounds extra into theirRead More

Image copyright Bret Fitzgerald Shares in the UK’s biggest technology firm, Micro Focus International, have plunged after it warned of a sharper than expected fall in revenues and its chief executive resigned. Shares in the company, whose customers include BMW and American Express, sank 55% to 849p in morning trading. The problems stem from itsRead More

Image copyright Johan Persson Image caption Ben Batt (left) and Jonathan Bailey star in The York Realist Actors Jonathan Bailey and Ben Batt have put TV careers on hold to appear in Sheffield in a new production of a play some consider a modern classic. The York Realist is a gay romance set in 1960sRead More

Image copyright Getty Images TV presenter Ant McPartlin has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a collision involving three vehicles in south-west London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to Lower Richmond Road in Mortlake at 15:59 GMT on Sunday. The ambulance service and London Fire Brigade also attended and a number ofRead More

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Putin has been either president or prime minister for almost 20 years Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in the presidential election. With most of the ballots counted, he had received about 76% of the vote, the central election commissionRead More

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to attack opponents is unprecedented Donald Trump has attacked special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election he won in 2016. He tweeted that the inquiry was unfair – and reiterated there had been “no collusion” between his electionRead More

Russia’s EU ambassador has suggested a UK research laboratory could be the source of the nerve agent used in the attack on an ex-spy and his daughter. Vladimir Chizhov told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that Russia had “nothing to do” with the poisoning in Salisbury of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. He saidRead More

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr McCabe was fired on Friday, two days short of his expected retirement date Ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe has given memos about conversations he had with President Donald Trump to an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, US media say. They say the memos couldRead More

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cambridge Analytica’s CEO answered British MPs’ questions about election influence last month The attorney general for the US state of Massachusetts is launching an investigation into alleged harvesting of Facebook profiles by a firm employed by Donald Trump’s election campaign. Investigations by the Observer and New York Times newspapersRead More